Everyday Systems

~~~~~April Challenge~~~~~

~~~~~April Challenge~~~~~

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:27 pm

by osoniye

I know I'm jumping the gun again, but I love these challenges, and want to give everyone the chance to gear up!

:mrgreen:

Not off to a great start, but hoping for great things for the month!
Taking an NWS day on 04/04 for a family birthday evening out.
Experiencing other problems, but finally got a green day!!
Well, the end of the month shaped up better than the beginning!
Onward!!

Re: ~~~~~April Challenge~~~~~

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:34 pm

by Queenie

I'll be on vacation the first week of April so I expect to some S-events that week.

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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:38 pm

by oolala53

I'm in but I hope I remember to check in. And I'm doing it more for exercise than eating.

My weeks start with Monday and end with Sunday
I'm juicing for 5 days from 3rd-7th

:mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen:

means a juicing day means it was a sick day - basically N day, but with cough sweets sucked as necessary!
20th became an S day as I was invited to a lunch-time party with neighbours.
21st turned red due to afternoon tea & cake with a friend - what's happening this month!
25th - had a bit of a carb-fest in the afternoon - shortbread & Bombay Mix! April hasn't been such a great month for me!
26th became red for the sake of four not-very-nice chocolate-covered coffee beans - doh!

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:16 pm

by oolala53

Waaa, how come my icons don't work? Did everybody do theirs by hand or could you copy and paste? Mine is a copy and paste.

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:17 am

by MaggieMae

Gonna try some mods for April to see if they help decrease my red days. 1. Allow a small evening snack( I've been having trouble sleeping because I'm so hungry at night), and 2. my S days will run from dinner on Friday until3pm on Sunday. UPDATE: I have not been starting s days on Friday evening after all. The snack is helping. I've been having a cup of milk with. 90 calorie fiber bar around8:30pm.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:26 am

by LeannaRW

Count me in for April, and I plan on a better month than I had in March!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:11 am

by osoniye

Hi Oolala,
I think for the "cool" one, you need to have a colon before and after the word "cool" the green one is (colon)mrgreen(colon).

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:09 am

by oolala53

I don't try to make them with punctuation; should I?

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:34 am

by RAWCOOKIE

oolala53 wrote:Waaa, how come my icons don't work? Did everybody do theirs by hand or could you copy and paste? Mine is a copy and paste.

No, a copy and paste won't work, it doesn't work because the coding's wrong - you need to set it up yourself using the emoticons. If you know how to do it, you can type it in

smiley is a : followed by D
cool is an 8 followed by )
oops is a : followed by ooops followed by :
green is a : followed by mrgreen followed by :

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:54 am

by oolala53

Thanks, I'll try it out.

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:05 pm

by Bean&Sprout

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I'm in

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:10 pm

by chilipepper130

I love challenges!

04/20 - I will be finishing this challenge but I won't be posting online for a while. I am taking a break from this discussion board and trying to treat NoS like it's as natural as brushing my teeth which means not talking or thinking about it so much.

04/23 - Apparently I love a challenge way to much not to come in here and post my achievement

04/30 - Since starting NoS I have not lost an ounce (I feel like I've gained weight actually) and I have thought about food more than I ever have in my life and kind of got depressed. I quit!!! Thanks to all the amazing people on this board and good luck on your journey!!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:16 pm

by Bean&Sprout

oolala53 wrote:Waaa, how come my icons don't work? Did everybody do theirs by hand or could you copy and paste? Mine is a copy and paste.

I copy mine by using the quote button. It pulls up the quote, I copy only the emoticon calendar, and then go back, make a new post and paste the calendar into that post. It sounds convoluted, but it's really quite quick.

Re: I'm in

3/31: Looking forward to lots of GREEN this month! I am ending March on a high note. I'm so happy that No S has finally become effortless. There were lots of little bumps in the road in March but I think it's finally becoming my habit again. It seems natural and easy.

4/4: I had a very moderate weekend. Yay! N day habits carrying over to S day.

4/12: I am so close to a 21 Day streak! There is a rumor that one of my co-workers will be bringing in cake & ice cream to work today to celebrate the North Dakota Fighting Hawks winning the Frozen Four. I am going to have to say no to this. It isn't someone's birthday, the cake is going to be made from a box (not special enough to ruin an N Day), and I could honestly care less out the hockey win. LOL. So I will be turning that down and am one day closer to that streak!

4/26: Wow, this month is flying by! I have a work conference the 27th - 29th and I am determined to finish out this month GREEN!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:31 pm

by RAWCOOKIE

Swuddly wrote:
I copy mine by using the quote button. It pulls up the quote, I copy only the emoticon calendar, and then go back, make a new post and paste the calendar into that post. It sounds convoluted, but it's really quite quick.

awesome - good trick!

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:57 am

by Queenie

Swuddly wrote:
I copy mine by using the quote button. It pulls up the quote, I copy only the emoticon calendar, and then go back, make a new post and paste the calendar into that post. It sounds convoluted, but it's really quite quick.

+1 That's how I do it, too. Except I delete the quote coding at the top and bottom, along with whatever else I don't want to include. (Instead of copying, and pasting into a new post.)

It's so great to see everyone getting started with a shiny new month!
(And just 1 N day before we get an S day!)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:59 pm

by Bean&Sprout

Queenie wrote:+1 That's how I do it, too. Except I delete the quote coding at the top and bottom, along with whatever else I don't want to include. (Instead of copying, and pasting into a new post.)

That's a good idea, Queenie. I'll try that next month.

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:08 pm

by Red

Here we GO!!!

MONTH #2!!!!!!

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4/1 - Okie - on 4/5 I'm pulling out the scale for the first monthly weigh in!! I'm not expecting a lot - since my weekends have been a good case of overindulgence. As they go on - I'm finding I don't need/want the goodies as much, preferring instead to treasure the small but really beautiful sweet. Maybe this ol'dog CAN learn new tricks!!!

4/5 - Well, yesterday wasn't a total bust, just little bitty mistakes most of the afternoon, so getting back ON the horse today. Scale came out for 1 month weigh-in - and lost 4 lbs... I expected to stay the same - so this was a surprise!! AWESOME!!! Now putting it back away for another month!!! LOL

4/8 - Awesome after Monday - But had some serious interesting things happening - including nausea between meals. Wondering if that's not some food allergies coming to light? Or just hormones?

4/26 - You know these monthly grids help put things in perspective. I was pretty down yesterday due to overeating a LOT on Friday, Sat AND Sunday... but then you look at the month - and I'm feeling a little better about it.

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:35 am

by Damaris

1. sick day
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 6:12 pm

by Merry

Damaris wrote:1. sick day

Hope you're feeling better!

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 6:13 pm

by Merry

Red wrote:
As they go on - I'm finding I don't need/want the goodies as much, preferring instead to treasure the small but really beautiful sweet. Maybe this ol'dog CAN learn new tricks!!!

Awesome!

April check in

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:43 am

by tobiasmom

April already?! Wowza!!! I've let some of the month pass by already...but I am here now!

I'm sorry to hear that Merry... Hope this week works out better for you!!

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:46 pm

by Kittson

Just bumping up. I hope everyone had a great week. I reached 21 days on habit this Wednesday. I am feeling confident in my habit and am thankful for the food peace!

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:47 pm

by chilipepper130

Congratulations on 21 days

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:59 am

by Merry

Red wrote:I'm sorry to hear that Merry... Hope this week works out better for you!!

Thanks--a much less emotional week, but have a terrible head-cold/flu. blah!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:52 pm

by RAWCOOKIE

Kittson wrote: I am feeling confident in my habit and am thankful for the food peace!

here! here!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:13 am

by RAWCOOKIE

bump

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:21 pm

by oolala53

I so rarely remember to come here. I know i've had relatively good compliance.

But today for sure, I did my 14 minutes.

Re: I'm in

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:46 pm

by MaggieMae

chilipepper130 wrote:
04/20 - I will be finishing this challenge but I won't be posting online for a while. I am taking a break from this discussion board and trying to treat NoS like it's as natural as brushing my teeth which means not talking or thinking about it so much.

Good luck chili pepper! Drop in and say hi from time to time.

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:51 pm

by oolala53

I wish sitting and being online was as healthy as moderate exercise.

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:00 am

by Merry

oolala53 wrote:I wish sitting and being online was as healthy as moderate exercise.

LOL! I'd be VERY healthy if it was!

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:26 am

by osoniye

It's great to see so many doing so well!
Only 4 more N days to the month!

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:44 am

by oolala53

Hope to check in and bump up to the end of the month.

Failed yesterday at exercise, today at eating. Hmmph. No, not related. Been waking up way early. Can't convince myself to work out then. Get caught up in other activities and don't stop at the regular time for exercise. Lame excuse!

Four more days in April! I can do this!

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:39 pm

by osoniye

Let's finish the month well, everybody!!

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:20 am

by RAWCOOKIE

Looks like Kittson, Chilipepper and Swuddly are going for GOLD - brilliant!

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:07 am

by osoniye

Great month, Everybody!
See you in the May challenge!

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 4:54 am

by oolala53

Got in a workout yesterday. A fellow philosophy student asked me today what kind of workout I do. I told her about 14 minutes, since it's what I do most consistently. I know she was asking because I've lost a little over the last couple of months; she commented that I was looking like a teenager, which, trust me, is an exaggeration, but I knew where it was coming from, and I did thank her. I also know the exercise plays only a small part. She is a sweet person, but I get the sense that she is not willing to be orderly in her eating, which I'm pretty sure is 80% of the formula.